Grand Haven Township Supervisor Joanne Marcetti

Q. Do you recycle? If so, what items do you recycle?
Yes: plastic, glass, paper, cardboard and some compost.

Q. How else have you personally reduced waste?
No response.

Q. What type of vehicle (make and model) do you drive on most days?
Chrysler Concorde.

Q. Do you shop for food products grown in West Michigan? If so, which items do you buy?
Yes: produce - Farmer's Market, commercially when available.

Q. Do you use environmentally friendly cleaning products and utilize "green" cleaning practices? If so, which items do you buy?
No.

Q. Do you use a cloth or canvas bag when shopping?
Yes.

Q. Have you enrolled in Consumer Energy's Green Generation program to support renewable energy production?
No.

Q. How many compact fluorescent light (CFL) bulbs do you use in your home? How do you dispose of them?
None.

Q. Do you use herbicides or pesticides on your lawn?
No. Only organic ones.

Q. How close to your workplace do you live? How frequently do you walk to work?
One mile. Never.

Q. Do you have a rain garden or rain barrel to prevent stormwater runoff?
No.

Q. What have you done in the last 12 months to reduce your personal "carbon footprint?"
Do a route for all car trips - reduce car trips until I have a number of places to go rather than just one place at a time.

Q. What has your municipality done in the past 12 months to reduce its "carbon footprint?"
Required all licensed waste haulers to increase the kinds of recyclables they pick up, increased recycling to include cardboard from all municipal buildings.

Q. From a "green" perspective, how would you rank yourself on a 1-10 scale?
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